US12471010B2 - Method and apparatus for base station to control cell access of reduced capability terminal in mobile wireless communication system - Google Patents

Abstract

A method and apparatus for accessing a NR cell in a mobile communication system are provided. Method for accessing a NR cell includes receiving in a first cell, by a terminal from a base station, a Master Information Block (MIB) and a System Information Block1 (SIB1), determining, by the terminal, if the first cell is barred and performing by the terminal a first operation group if the cell is barred and perform, if the first cell is not barred, a second operation group.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims priority to and the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2021-0119169, filed on Sep. 7, 2021, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

BACKGROUND Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for a terminal with reduced capability in a wireless communication system to obtain system information and access a New Radio cell.

Related Art

To meet the increasing demand for wireless data traffic since the commercialization of 4th generation (4G) communication systems, the 5th generation (5G) system is being developed. For the sake of high, 5G system introduced millimeter wave (mmW) frequency bands (e. g. 60 GHz bands). In order to increase the propagation distance by mitigating propagation loss in the 5G communication system, various techniques are introduced such as beamforming, massive multiple-input multiple output (MIMO), full dimensional MIMO (FD-MIMO), array antenna, analog beamforming, and large-scale antenna. In addition, base station is divided into a central unit and plurality of distribute units for better scalability. To facilitate introduction of various services, 5G communication system targets supporting higher data rate and smaller latency.

Various attempts are being made to apply the 5G communication system to the IoT network. For example, 5G communication such as sensor network, machine to machine communication (M2M), and machine type communication (MTC) is being implemented by techniques such as beam forming, MIMO, and array antenna.

The terminal performing the MTC communication requires only limited performance compared to a general smart phone, and a terminal having only reduced capability for MTC communication is referred to as a RedCap UE. In order to efficiently support RedCap UE in a mobile communication system, there is a need to introduce a new technology to an existing mobile communication system.

SUMMARY

Aspects of the present disclosure are to address the various methods of implementing NR cell access in mobile communication system. Accordingly, an aspect of the present disclosure is to provide a method and an apparatus receiving in a first cell, by a terminal from a base station, a Master Information Block (MIB) and a System Information Block1 (SIB1), determining, by the terminal, if the first cell is barred and performing by the terminal a first operation group if the cell is barred and perform, if the first cell is not barred, a second operation group.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1A is a diagram illustrating the architecture of an 5G system and a NG-RAN to which the disclosure may be applied;

FIG. 1B is a diagram illustrating a wireless protocol architecture in an 5G system to which the disclosure may be applied;

FIG. 2A is a diagram illustrating an example of a bandwidth part.

FIG. 2B is a diagram illustrating an example of a search space and a control resource set.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating operations of a terminal and a base station according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4A is a flow diagram illustrating an operation of a terminal.

FIG. 4B is a flow diagram illustrating an operation of a base station.

FIG. 5A is a block diagram illustrating the internal structure of a UE to which the disclosure is applied.

FIG. 5B is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of a base station according to the disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, in the description of the present invention, if it is determined that a detailed description of a related known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted. In addition, the terms to be described later are terms defined in consideration of functions in the present invention, which may vary according to intentions or customs of users and operators. Therefore, the definition should be made based on the content throughout this specification.

The terms used, in the following description, for indicating access nodes, network entities, messages, interfaces between network entities, and diverse identity information is provided for convenience of explanation. Accordingly, the terms used in the following description are not limited to specific meanings but may be replaced by other terms equivalent in technical meanings.

In the following descriptions, the terms and definitions given in the 3GPP standards are used for convenience of explanation. However, the present disclosure is not limited by use of these terms and definitions and other arbitrary terms and definitions may be employed instead.

Table 1 lists the acronyms used throughout the present disclosure.

	TABLE 1
	Acronym	Full name
	5GC	5G Core Network
	ACK	Acknowledgement
	AM	Acknowledged Mode
	AMF	Access and Mobility
		Management Function
	ARQ	Automatic Repeat Request
	AS	Access Stratum
	ASN.1	Abstract Syntax Notation
		One
	BSR	Buffer Status Report
	BWP	Bandwidth Part
	CA	Carrier Aggregation
	CAG	Closed Access Group
	CG	Cell Group
	C-RNTI	Cell RNTI
	CSI	Channel State Information
	DCI	Downlink Control
		Information
	DRB	(user) Data Radio Bearer
	DRX	Discontinuous Reception
	HARQ	Hybrid Automatic Repeat
		Request
	IE	Information element
	LCG	Logical Channel Group
	MAC	Medium Access Control
	MIB	Master Information Block
	NAS	Non-Access Stratum
	NG-RAN	NG Radio Access Network
	NR	NR Radio Access
	PBR	Prioritised Bit Rate
	PCell	Primary Cell
	PCI	Physical Cell Identifier
	PDCCH	Physical Downlink Control
		Channel
	PDCP	Packet Data Convergence
		Protocol
	PDSCH	Physical Downlink Shared
		Channel
	PDU	Protocol Data Unit
	PHR	Power Headroom Report
	PLMN	Public Land Mobile Network
	PRACH	Physical Random Access
		Channel
	PRB	Physical Resource Block
	PSS	Primary Synchronisation
		Signal
	PUCCH	Physical Uplink Control
		Channel
	PUSCH	Physical Uplink Shared
		Channel
	RACH	Random Access Channel
	RAN	Radio Access Network
	RAR	Random Access Response
	RA-RNTI	Random Access RNTI
	RAT	Radio Access Technology
	RB	Radio Bearer
	RLC	Radio Link Control
	RNA	RAN-based Notification Area
	RNAU	RAN-based Notification Area
		Update
	RNTI	Radio Network Temporary
		Identifier
	RRC	Radio Resource Control
	RRM	Radio Resource Management
	RSRP	Reference Signal Received
		Power
	RSRQ	Reference Signal Received
		Quality
	RSSI	Received Signal Strength
		Indicator
	SCell	Secondary Cell
	SCS	Subcarrier Spacing
	SDAP	Service Data Adaptation
		Protocol
	SDU	Service Data Unit
	SFN	System Frame Number
	S-GW	Serving Gateway
	SI	System Information
	SIB	System Information Block
	SpCell	Special Cell
	SRB	Signalling Radio Bearer
	SRS	Sounding Reference Signal
	SS	Search Space
	SSB	SS/PBCH block
	SSS	Secondary Synchronisation
		Signal
	SUL	Supplementary Uplink
	TM	Transparent Mode
	UCI	Uplink Control Information
	UE	User Equipment
	UM	Unacknowledged Mode
	CRP	Cell Reselection Priority

Table 2 lists the terminologies and their definition used throughout the present disclosure.

TABLE 2
Termi-
nology	Definition
Carrier	center frequency of the cell.
frequency
Cell	combination of downlink and optionally uplink
	resources. The linking between the carrier
	frequency of the downlink resources and the
	carrier frequency of the uplink resources is
	indicated in the system information transmitted
	on the downlink resources.
Cell Group	in dual connectivity, a group of serving cells
	associated with either the MeNB or the SeNB.
Cell	A process to find a better suitable cell than the
reselection	current serving cell based on the system
	information received in the current serving cell
Cell	A process to find a suitable cell either blindly or
selection	based on the stored information
Cell	Priority of a carrier frequency regarding cell
Reselection	reselection. System Information Block 2 and
Priority	System Information Block 3 provide the CRP of
	the serving frequency and CRPs of inter-
	frequencies respectively. UE consider higher
	priority frequency for cell reselection if channel
	condition of the frequency is better than a
	specific threshold even if channel condition of a
	lower priority frequency is better than that of the
	higher priority frequency.
Dedicated	Signalling sent on DCCH logical channel between
signalling	the network and a single UE.
Field	The individual contents of an information element
	are referred to as fields.
Frequency	set of cells with the same carrier frequency.
layer
Global cell	An identity to uniquely identifying an NR cell. It is
identity	consisted of cellIdentity and plmn-Identity of the
	first PLMN-Identity in plmn-IdentityList in SIB1.
gNB	node providing NR user plane and control plane
	protocol terminations towards the UE, and
	connected via the NG interface to the 5GC.
Handover	procedure that changes the serving cell of a UE
	in RRC_CONNECTED.
Information	A structural element containing single or multiple
element	fields is referred as information element.
L	The Length field in MAC subheader indicates the
	length of the corresponding MAC SDU or of the
	corresponding MAC CE
LCID	6 bit logical channel identity in MAC subheader to
	denote which logical channel traffic or which MAC
	CE is included in the MAC subPDU
Logical	a logical path between a RLC entity and a MAC
channel	entity. There are multiple logical channel types
	depending on what type of information is transferred
	e.g. CCCH (Common Control Channel), DCCH
	(Dedicate Control Channel), DTCH (Dedicate
	Traffic Channel), PCCH (Paging Control Channel)
NR	NR radio access
PCell	SpCell of a master cell group.
registered	PLMN which UE has registered to
PLMN
selected	PLMN which UE has selected to perform
PLMN	registration procedure
equivalent	PLMN which is equivalent to registered PLMN.
PLMN	UE is informed of list of EPLMNs by AMF during
	registration procedure
PLMN ID	the process that checks whether a PLMN ID is the
Check	RPLMN identity or an EPLMN identity of the UE.
Primary	The MCG cell, operating on the primary frequency,
Cell	in which the UE either performs the initial connection
	establishment procedure or initiates the connection
	re-establishment procedure.
Radio	Logical path between a PDCP entity and upper
Bearer	layer (i.e. SDAP entity or RRC)
RLC	RLC and MAC logical channel configuration of a
bearer	radio bearer in one cell group.
RLC	The lower layer part of the radio bearer configuration
bearer	comprising the RLC and logical channel
config-	configurations.
uration
Serving	For a UE in RRC_CONNECTED not configured
Cell	with CA/DC there is only one serving cell comprising
	of the primary cell. For a UE in RRC_CONNECTED
	configured with CA/DC the term ′serving cells′ is
	used to denote the set of cells comprising of the
	Special Cell(s) and all secondary cells.
SpCell	primary cell of a master or secondary cell group.
Special	For Dual Connectivity operation the term Special
Cell	Cell refers to the PCell of the MCG or the PSCell of
	the SCG, otherwise the term Special Cell refers to
	the PCell.
SRB	Signalling Radio Bearers″ (SRBs) are defined as
	Radio Bearers (RBs) that are used only for the
	transmission of RRC and NAS messages.
SRB0	SRB0 is for RRC messages using the CCCH logical
	channel
SRB1	SRB1 is for RRC messages (which may include a
	piggybacked NAS message) as well as for NAS
	messages prior to the establishment of SRB2, all
	using DCCH logical channel;
SRB2	SRB2 is for NAS messages and for RRC messages
	which include logged measurement information, all
	using DCCH logical channel. SRB2 has a lower
	priority than SRB1 and may be configured by the
	network after AS security activation;
SRB3	SRB3 is for specific RRC messages when UE is in
	(NG)EN-DC or NR-DC, all using DCCH logical
	channel
SRB4	SRB4 is for RRC messages which include application
	layer measurement reporting information, all using
	DCCH logical channel.
DCCH	DCCH is a logical channel to transfer RRC messages
	after RRC connection establishment
Suitable	A cell on which a UE may camp. Following criteria
cell	apply
	- The cell is part of either the selected PLMN or the
	registered PLMN or PLMN of the Equivalent PLMN
	list
	- The cell is not barred
	- The cell is part of at least one TA that is not part of
	the list of ″Forbidden Tracking Areas for Roaming″
	(TS 22.011 [18]), which belongs to a PLMN that
	fulfils the first bullet above.
	- The cell selection criterion S is fulfilled (i.e.
	RSRP and RSRQ are better than specific values

In the present invention, “trigger” or “triggered” and “initiate” or “initiated” may be used in the same meaning.

In the present invention, a terminal with reduced capability and RedCap UE may be used in the same meaning.

FIG. 1A is a diagram illustrating the architecture of an 5G system and a NG-RAN to which the disclosure may be applied.

5G system consists of NG-RAN 1A-b01 and 5GC 1A-02. An NG-RAN node is either:

• • a gNB, providing NR user plane and control plane protocol terminations towards the UE; or
  • an ng-eNB, providing E-UTRA user plane and control plane protocol terminations towards the UE.

The gNBs 1A-05 or 1A-06 and ng-eNBs 1A-03 or 1A-04 are interconnected with each other by means of the Xn interface. The gNBs and ng-eNBs are also connected by means of the NG interfaces to the 5GC, more specifically to the AMF (Access and Mobility Management Function) and to the UPF (User Plane Function). AMF 1A-07 and UPF 1A-08 may be realized as a physical node or as separate physical nodes.

A gNB 1A-05 or 1A-06 or an ng-eNBs 1A-03 or 1A-04 hosts the functions listed below.

Functions for Radio Resource Management such as Radio Bearer Control, Radio Admission Control, Connection Mobility Control, Dynamic allocation of resources to UEs in uplink, downlink and sidelink(scheduling); and

• • IP and Ethernet header compression, uplink data decompression and encryption of user data stream; and
  • Selection of an AMF at UE attachment when no routing to an MME can be determined from the information provided by the UE; and
  • Routing of User Plane data towards UPF; and
  • Scheduling and transmission of paging messages; and
  • Scheduling and transmission of broadcast information (originated from the AMF or O&M); and
  • Measurement and measurement reporting configuration for mobility and scheduling; and
  • Session Management; and
  • QoS Flow management and mapping to data radio bearers; and
  • Support of UEs in RRC_INACTIVE state; and
  • Radio access network sharing; and
  • Tight interworking between NR and E-UTRA; and
  • Support of Network Slicing.

The AMF 1A-07 hosts the functions such as NAS signaling, NAS signaling security, AS security control, SMF selection, Authentication, Mobility management and positioning management.

The UPF 1A-08 hosts the functions such as packet routing and forwarding, transport level packet marking in the uplink, QoS handling and the downlink, mobility anchoring for mobility etc.

FIG. 1B is a diagram illustrating a wireless protocol architecture in an 5G system to which the disclosure may be applied.

User plane protocol stack consists of SDAP 1B-01 or 1B-02, PDCP 1B-03 or 1B-04, RLC 1B-05 or 1B-06, MAC 1B-07 or 1B-08 and PHY 1B-09 or 1B-10. Control plane protocol stack consists of NAS 1B-11 or 1B-12, RRC 1B-13 or 1B-14, PDCP, RLC, MAC and PHY.

Each protocol sublayer performs functions related to the operations listed in the table 3.

TABLE 3
Sublayer	Functions
NAS	authentication, mobility management, security control
	etc
RRC	System Information, Paging, Establishment, maintenance
	and release of an RRC connection, Security functions,
	Establishment, configuration, maintenance and release of
	Signalling Radio Bearers (SRBs) and Data Radio Bearers
	(DRBs), Mobility, QoS management, Detection of and
	recovery from radio link failure, NAS message transfer
	etc.
SDAP	Mapping between a QoS flow and a data radio bearer,
	Marking QoS flow ID (QFI) in both DL and UL
	packets.
PDCP	Transfer of data, Header compression and decompression,
	Ciphering and deciphering, Integrity protection and
	integrity verification, Duplication, Reordering and in-
	order delivery, Out-of-order delivery etc.
RLC	Transfer of upper layer PDUs, Error Correction through
	ARQ, Segmentation and re-segmentation of RLC SDUs,
	Reassembly of SDU, RLC re-establishment etc.
MAC	Mapping between logical channels and transport channels,
	Multiplexing/demultiplexing of MAC SDUs belonging to
	one or different logical channels into/from transport blocks
	(TB) delivered to/from the physical layer on transport
	channels, Scheduling information reporting, Priority
	handling between UEs, Priority handling between logical
	channels of one UE etc.
PHY	Channel coding, Physical-layer hybrid-ARQ processing,
	Rate matching, Scrambling, Modulation, Layer mapping,
	Downlink Control Information, Uplink Control
	Information etc.

A reduced capability UE or RedCap UE has lower performance than a general UE and is used in limited scenarios such as IOT. Compared to a typical terminal having a bandwidth of 100 MHz, a transmission/reception speed of several Gbps, and four or more Rx processing units (Rx branches), RedCap terminals have a bandwidth of 20 MHz, a transmission/reception speed of several tens of Mbps, and two or less Rx processing units.

The present invention provides a method and apparatus for a RedCap UE to access a cell supporting RedCap, receive system information, and perform necessary operations. In particular, the terminal applies search space 0 (Search Space 0, hereinafter SS #0) and control resource set 0 (Control Resource Set 0, hereinafter CORESET #0) in the initial bandwidth part (IBWP) to obtain system information.

FIG. 2A is a diagram illustrating an example of a bandwidth part.

With Bandwidth Adaptation (BA), the receive and transmit bandwidth of a UE need not be as large as the bandwidth of the cell and can be adjusted: the width can be ordered to change (e.g. to shrink during period of low activity to save power); the location can move in the frequency domain (e.g. to increase scheduling flexibility); and the subcarrier spacing can be ordered to change (e.g. to allow different services). A subset of the total cell bandwidth of a cell is referred to as a Bandwidth Part (BWP) and BA is achieved by configuring the UE with BWP(s) and telling the UE which of the configured BWPs is currently the active one.

FIG. 2A describes a scenario where 3 different BWPs are configured:

• • BWP1 with a width of 40 MHz and subcarrier spacing of 15 kHz; 2A-11 or 2A-19
  • BWP2 with a width of 10 MHz and subcarrier spacing of 15 kHz; 2A-13 or 2A-17
  • BWP3 with a width of 20 MHz and subcarrier spacing of 60 kHz. 2A-15

FIG. 2B is a diagram illustrating an example of a search space and a control resource set.

A plurality of SSs may be configured in one BWP. The UE monitors PDCCH candidates according to the SS configuration of the currently active BWP. One SS consists of an SS identifier, a CORESET identifier indicating the associated CORESET, the period and offset of the slot to be monitored, the slot unit duration, the symbol to be monitored in the slot, the SS type, and the like. The information may be explicitly and individually configured or may be configured by a predetermined index related to predetermined values.

One CORESET consists of a CORESET identifier, frequency domain resource information, symbol unit duration, TCI state information, and the like.

Basically, it can be understood that CORESET provides frequency domain information to be monitored by the UE, and SS provides time domain information to be monitored by the UE.

CORESET #0 and SS #0 may be configured in the IBWP. One CORESET and a plurality of SSs may be additionally configured in the IBWP. Upon receiving the MIB 2B-01, the UE recognizes CORESET #0 2B-02 and SS #0 2B-03 for receiving SIB1 using predetermined information included in the MIB. The UE receives SIB1 2B-05 through CORESET #0 2B-02 and SS #0 2B-03. In SIB1, information constituting CORESET #0 2B-06 and SS #0 2B-07 and information constituting another CORESET, for example, CORESET #n 2B-11 and SS #m 2B-13 may be included.

The terminal receives necessary information from the base station before the terminal enters the RRC_CONNECTED state, such as SIB2 reception, paging reception, and random access response message reception by using the CORESETs and SSs configured in SIB1. CORESET #0 2B-02 configured in MIB and CORESET #0 2B-06 configured in SIB1 may be different from each other, and the former is called a first CORESET #0 and the latter is called a second CORESET #0. SS #0 2B-03 configured in MIB and SS #0 2B-07 configured in SIB1 may be different from each other, and the former is referred to as a first SS #0 and the latter is referred to as a second SS #0. SS #0 and CORESET #0 configured for the RedCap terminal are referred to as a third SS #0 and a third CORESET #0. The first SS #0, the second SS #0, and the third SS #0 may be the same as or different from each other. The first CORESET #0, the second CORESET #0, and the third CORESET #0 may be the same as or different from each other. SS #0 and CORESET #0 are each indicated by a 4-bit index. The 4-bit index indicates a configuration predetermined in the standard specification. Except for SS #0 and CORESET #0, the detailed configuration of the remaining SS and CORSESET is indicated by each individual information element.

When the RRC connection is established, additional BWPs may be configured for the UE.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating operations of a terminal and a base station according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

In a network consisting of a RedCap UE 3A-01, a base station 3A-03 and an AMF 3A-05, the RedCap UE receives system information, determines whether to bar a cell, performs cell reselection, monitors a paging message, selects and applies cell common configuration information and transmits and receives RRC control messages.

In step 3A-11, the RedCap UE camps on a cell managed by the base station by performing cell selection or cell reselection. The RedCap UE selects a cell having a good reception signal from among cells of the highest priority frequency in consideration of cell reselection priority and the like.

In step 3A-13, the RedCap UE receives the MIB in the selected cell.

The MIB includes controlResourceSetZero, which is a 4-bit index indicating the configuration of the first CORESET #0, and controlResourceSetZero, which is a 4-bit index, indicating the configuration of the first SS #0. The UE receives SIB1 by applying the frequency domain and time pattern indicated by the first CORESET #0 and the first SS #0.

The MIB includes cellBarred, which is 1-bit information indicating whether or not the cell is barred. cellBarred indicates either barred or notBarred. The UE uses cellBarred to determine whether to bar the cell.

The MIB includes a first intraFreqReselection that is 1-bit information for controlling intra-frequency cell reselection. The first intraFreqReselection is defined as Enumerated {allowed, notAllowed}. Also called IFRI_MIB.

In steps 3A-15, the RedCap UE receives SIB1. The RedCap UE stores the acquired SIB1. SIB1 includes ServingCellConfigCommon, which is common configuration information of a serving cell, and a second intraFreqReselection. The second intraFreqReselection is defined as enumerated with one of Allowed and notAllowed. It is also called IFRI_SIB.

In step 3A-16, the RedCap UE selects one of a plurality of common configuration information included in ServingCellConfigCommon.

The servingCellConfigCommon of SIB1 includes the following information.

TABLE 4
DownlinkConfigCommon	This is a common downlink configuration of the
	serving cell. It consists of subfields such as
	frequencylnfoDL, initialDownlinkBWP, bech-
	Config, and pcch-Config.
frequencyInfoDL	It is a basic parameter of a downlink carrier. It
	consists of subfields such as a frequency band list and
	carrier bandwidth for each SCS.
initialDownlinkBWP	This is the configuration of the second downlink
	IBWP. It consists of subfields such as BWP, PDCCH-
	ConfigCommon, and PDSCH-ConfigCommon. The
	first IBWP has a frequency domain corresponding to
	the first CORESET#0 of the MIB and has subcarrier
	spacing indicated by the MIB. The first IBWP is the
	IBWP indicated by the MIB and used for receiving
	SIB1, the second IBWP is the IBWP indicated by the
	SIB1 and used for receiving the SIB2, paging, random
	access response message, and the like.
BWP	It is IE that configures general parameters of BWP. It
	consists of sub fields such as locationAndBandwidth
	indicating the bandwidth and location of the BWP,
	and subcarrierSpacing indicating the SCS of the
	BWP.
PDCCH-ConfigCommon	It is the cell-specific PDCCH parameters of the BWP.
	It consists of subfields such as
	controlResourceSetZero,
	commonControlResourceSet, searchSpaceZero,
	commonSearchSpaceList,
	searchSpaceOtherSystemInformation,
	pagingSearchSpace, and ra-SearchSpace.
controlResourceSetZero	It is defined as an integer between 0 and 15. Indicates
	one of the predefined CORESET#0 configurations.
	The controlResourceSetZero included in the MIB
	corresponds to the first CORESET#0, and the
	controlResourceSetZero included in the PDCCH-
	ConfigCommon of the servingCellConfigCommon of
	SIB1 corresponds to the second CORESET#0.
searchSpaceZero	It is defined as an integer between 0 and 15. Indicates
	one of the predefined SS#0 configurations. The
	searchSpaceZero included in the MIB corresponds to
	the first SS#0, and the controlResourceSetZero
	included in the PDCCH-ConfigCommon of the
	servingCellConfigCommon of SIB1 corresponds to
	the second SS#0.
commonControlResourceSet	A common CORESET defined by
	ControlResourceSet IE. Defines an additional
	CORESET that can be used for paging reception,
	random access response reception, system
	information reception, etc.
commonSearchSpaceList	List of common SSs. The common SS may be used
	for paging reception, random access response
	reception, system information reception, and the like.
searchSpaceOtherSystemInformation	Defined by the SS identifier IE. If it is 0, the second
	SS#0 is indicated, and if it is a value other than 0, one
	of the SSs defined in commonSearchSpaceList is
	indicated.
pagingSearchSpace	Defined by the SS identifier IE. If it is 0, the second
	SS#0 is indicated, and if it is a value other than 0, one
	of the SSs defined in commonSearchSpaceList is
	indicated.
ra-SearchSpace	Defined by the SS identifier IE. If it is 0, the second
	SS#0 is indicated. If it is a value other than 0, one of
	the SSs defined in the commonSearchSpaceList is
	indicated.
PDSCH-ConfigCommon	Cell-specific PDSCH parameters of this BWP. It
	consists of a pdsch-TimeDomainAllocationList. The
	pdsch-TimeDomainAllocationList is a list composed
	of a plurality of pdsch-TimeDomainAllocations.
pdsch-TimeDomainAllocation	A time domain relationship between the PDCCH and
	the PDSCH. It consists of subfields such as K0 and
	startSymbolAndLength. K0 is the slot offset between
	the DCI and the scheduled PDSCH.
	StartSymbolAndLength is an index indicating a valid
	start symbol and length combination.
pcch-Config	Configuration related to paging. It consists of sub-
	fields such as the base station paging period, PF-
	related parameters, and PO-related parameters.
bcch-config	It is a configuration related to system information. It
	consists of subfields such as modificationPeriodCoeff
	indicating the length of the modification period.
UplinkConfigCommonSIB	This is a common uplink configuration of the serving
	cell. It consists of subfields such as frequencylnfoUL,
	initialUplinkBWP, and
	timeAlignmentTimerCommon.
frequencyInfoUL	It is a basic parameter of the uplink carrier. It consists
	of subfields such as a frequency band list and carrier
	bandwidth for each SCS.
initialUplinkBWP	This is the configuration of the second uplink IBWP.
	It consists of subfields such as BWP, rach-
	ConfigCommon, pusch-ConfigCommon, and pucch-
	ConfigCommon.
rach-ConfigCommon	This is the cell-specific random access parameter of
	the BWP. It consists of subfields such as prach-
	ConfigurationIndex, msg1-Frequency Start,
	preambleReceivedTargetPower, ra-
	ResponseWindow, preambleTransMax, msg1-
	SubcarrierSpacing, rsrp-ThresholdSSB, and ra-
	ContentionResolutionTimer.
prach-ConfigurationIndex	PRACH configuration index. One PRACH
	configuration corresponds to pattern information on a
	PRACH transmission opportunity in the time domain
	(information indicating in which symbol in which slot
	of which radio frame PRACH transmission is
	possible), a transmission format of a preamble, and
	the like.
msg1-FrequencyStart	The offset from PRB0 of the lowest PRACH
	transmission opportunity. Information indicating a
	PRACH transmission resource in the frequency
	domain. PRB0 is the lowest frequency PRB among
	PRBs of the corresponding carrier.
preambleReceivedTargetPower	This is the target power level of the network receiving
	end. It is a parameter related to transmission power
	control during the random access procedure.
ra-ResponseWindow	The length of the random access response window
	expressed in the number of slots.
preambleTransMax	The maximum number of random access preamble
	transmissions
msg1-SubcarrierSpacing	It is PRACH's SCS. It is commonly applied to general
	terminals and RedCap UEs.
rsrp-ThresholdSSB	SSB selection criteria. The UE performs random
	access by selecting a preamble corresponding to the
	selected SSB.
ra-ContentionResolutionTimer	This is the initial value of the contention resolution
	timer. Indicates the number of subframes.
pusch-ConfigCommon	Cell-specific PUSCH parameters of this BWP. It
	consists of subfields like pusch-
	TimeDomainAllocationList.The pusch-
	TimeDomainAllocationList is a list composed of a
	plurality of pusch-TimeDomainAllocations.
pusch-TimeDomainAllocation	A time domain relationship between the PDCCH and
	the PUSCH. It consists of subfields such as K2 and
	startSymbolAndLength. K2 is the slot offset between
	the DCI and the scheduled PUSCH.
	StartSymbolAndLength is an index indicating a valid
	combination of start symbol and length.
pucch-ConfigCommon	This is the cell-specific PUCCH parameter of the
	BWP. It consists of subfields such as pucch-
	ResourceCommon and p0-norminal.
pucch-ResourceCommon	It is an index corresponding to a cell-specific PUCCH
	resource parameters. One index corresponds to a
	PUCCH format, a PUCCH time period, a PUCCH
	frequency period, a PUCCH code, and the like.
p0-norminal	This is a power offset applied during PUCCH
	transmission. Defined as an integer between −202 and
	24 in increments of 2. The unit is dBm.
timeAlignmentTimerCommon	This is a timer applied when the UE performs random
	access for RRC connection establishment procedure
	and RRC connection re-establishment procedure.
	When the UE receives the RAR, it starts the timer, and
	stops the timer when contention fails.
tdd-UL-DL-ConfigurationCommon	Cell specific TDD UL/DL configuration. It consists
	of subfields such as referenceSubcarrierSpacing,
	pattern1, and pattern2.
referenceSubcarrierSpacing	This is the reference SCS used to determine the time
	domain boundary in the UL-DL pattern.
pattern1, pattern2	TDD Uplink Downlink Pattern. It consists of
	subfields such as dl-UL-TransmissionPeriodicity,
	nrofDownlinkSlots, nrofDownlinkSymbols,
	nrofUplinkSlots, and nrofUplinkSymbols.
dl-UL-TransmissionPeriodicity	Indicates the period of the DL-UL pattern.
nrofDownlinkSlots	Indicates the number of consecutive full DL slots in
	each DL-UL pattern.
nrofDownlinkSymbols	Indicates the number of consecutive DL symbols
	from the beginning of the slot following the last full
	DL slot.
nrofUplinkSlots	Indicates the number of consecutive full UL slots in
	each DL-UL pattern.
nrofUplinkSymbols	Indicates the number of consecutive UL symbols at
	the last time point of a slot preceding the first full UL
	slot

ServingCellConfigCommon may also include the following information for RedCap UE.

TABLE 5
controlResourceSetZero_RedCap	It is defined as an integer between 0 and 15.
	Indicates one of the predefined CORESET#0
	configurations. It corresponds to the third
	CORESET #0.
searchSpaceZero_RedCap	It is defined as an integer between 0 and 15.
	Indicates one of the predefined SS#0
	configurations. It corresponds to the third SS#0.
searchSpaceOtherSystemInformation_RedCap	Defined by the SS identifier IE. If it is 0, the third
	SS#0 is indicateed, if not 0, one of the SSs defined
	in commonSearchSpaceList is indicateed.
ra-SearchSpace_RedCap	Defined by the SS identifier IE. If it is 0, the third
	SS#0 is indicateed, if not 0, one of the SSs defined
	in commonSearchSpaceList is indicateed.
prach-ConfigurationIndex_RedCap	PRACH configuration index for RedCap.
msg1 -FrequencyStart_RedCap	PRACH transmission resource information on the
	frequency domain for RedCap
preambleReceivedTargetPower_RedCap	The target power level of the network receiver for
	RedCap.
ra-ResponseWindow_RedCap	Length of the random access response window for
	RedCap.
preambleTransMax_RedCap	Maximum number of random access preamble
	transmissions for RedCap
rsrp-ThresholdSSB_RedCap	SSB selection criteria for RedCap.
ra-	Initial value of the contention resolution timer for
ContentionResolutionTimer_RedCap	RedCap.
intraFreqReselection_RedCap	Controls cell selection/reselection within the
	frequency of RedCap UE when the highest-priority
	cell is barred. It is 1-bit information and is defined
	as Enumerated {Allowed, notAllowed}. Also
	called IFRI_SIB1.

IFRI_MIB is defined to be present mandatorily and IFRI_SIB1 is defined to be present optionally. This is to ensure backward compatibility of SIB1.

Instead of defining IEs for RedCap UEs in units of individual IEs, it is also possible to define configuration information related to RedCap UEs in units of IE sets as follows.

ServingCellConfigCommon of SIB1 includes downlink IBWP configuration information and uplink IBWP configuration information.

Downlink IBWP configuration information includes PDCCH-ConfigCommon and PDCCH-ConfigCommon2. PDCCH-ConfigCommon is used by general terminals and RedCap UEs, and PDCCH-ConfigCommon2 is used by RedCap UEs. RedCap UE uses PDCCH-ConfigCommon when only PDCCH-ConfigCommon is included in downlink IBWP configuration information and uses PDCCH-ConfigCommon2 when both PDCCH-ConfigCommon and PDCCH-ConfigCommon2 are included.

PDCCH-ConfigCommon includes controlResourceSetZero, commonControlResourceSet, searchSpaceZero, commonSearchSpaceList, searchSpaceOtherSystemInformation, pagingSearchSpace, and ra-SearchSpace. PDCCH-ConfigCommon2 includes controlResourceSetZero_RedCap, commonControlResourceSet_RedCap, searchSpaceZero_RedCap, commonSearchSpaceList_RedCap, ra-SearchSpace_RedCap.

RedCap UE uses controlResourceSetZero and searchSpaceZero of PDCCH-ConfigCommon if controlResourceSetZero_RedCap and searchSpaceZero_RedCap are not included in PDCCH-ConfigCommon2. That is, it is considered that the same value as the second SS #0 is configured for the third SS #0 and the same value as the second CORESET #0 is configured for the third CORESET #0.

The RedCap UE uses the values indicated in the MIB when controlResourceSetZero_RedCap and searchSpaceZero_RedCap are not included in PDCCH-ConfigCommon2 and controlResourceSetZero and searchSpaceZero are not included in PDCCH-ConfigCommon. That is, it is considered that the same value as the first SS #0 is configured for the third SS #0 and the same value as the first CORESET #0 is configured for the third CORESET #0.

RedCap UE uses ra-SearchSpace of PDCCH-ConfigCommon if ra-SearchSpace_RedCap is not included in PDCCH-ConfigCommon2. That is, it is considered that the same value as ra-SearchSpace is set as ra-SearchSpace_RedCap. The RedCap UE performs a random access procedure by applying the third SS #0 and the third CORESET #0.

The uplink IBWP configuration information includes PUCCH-ConfigCommon and PUCCH-ConfigCommon2. PUCCH-ConfigCommon is used by general UEs and RedCap UEs, and PUCCH-ConfigCommon2 is used by RedCap UEs. RedCap UE uses PUCCH-ConfigCommon when only PUCCH-ConfigCommon is included in uplink IBWP configuration information, and uses PUCCH-ConfigCommon2 when both PUCCH-ConfigCommon and PUCCH-ConfigCommon2 are included.

PUCCH-ConfigCommon2 is used by RedCap UE. PUCCH-ConfigCommon contains pusch-TimeDomainAllocationList. PUCCH-ConfigCommon2 contains pusch-TimeDomainAllocationList_RedCap.

The uplink IBWP configuration information includes RACH-ConfigCommon and RACH-ConfigCommon2. RACH-ConfigCommon is used by general terminals and RedCap UEs, and RACH-ConfigCommon2 are used by RedCap UEs. RedCap UE uses RACH-ConfigCommon when only RACH-ConfigCommon is included in uplink IBWP configuration information, and uses RACH-ConfigCommon2 when both RACH-ConfigCommon and RACH-ConfigCommon2 are included.

RACH-ConfigCommon includes prach-ConfigurationIndex, msg1-FrequencyStart, preambleReceivedTargetPower, ra-ResponseWindow, preambleTransMax, msg1-SubcarrierSpacing, rsrp-ThresholdSSB, and ra-ContentionResolutionTimer.

RACH-ConfigCommon2 includes prach-ConfigurationIndex_RedCap, msg1-FrequencyStart_RedCap, preambleReceivedTargetPower_RedCap, ra-ResponseWindow_RedCap, preambleTransMax_RedCap, rsrp-ThresholdSSB_RedCap, ra-ContentionResolutionTimer_RedCap. msg1-SubcarrierSpacing included in RACH-ConfigCommon is applied to both normal UEs and RedCap UEs. In other words, the RedCap UE applies msg1-FrequencyStart included in RACH-ConfigCommon2 and msg1-SubcarrierSpacing included in RACH-ConfigCommon when applying msg1 frequency-related information.

If RACH-ConfigCommon2 does not contain prach-ConfigurationIndex_RedCap, msg1-FrequencyStart_RedCap, preambleReceivedTargetPower_RedCap, ra-ResponseWindow_RedCap, preambleTransMax_RedCap, msg1-SubcarrierSpacing_RedCap, rsrp-ThresholdSSB_RedCap, ra-ContentionResolutionTimer_RedCap, RedCap UE uses a same values of prach-Configurationlndex, a same values of msg1-FrequencyStart, a same values of preambleReceivedTargetPower, a same values of ra-ResponseWindow, a same values of preambleTransMax, a same values of msg1-SubcarrierSpacing, a same values of rsrp-ThresholdSSB, a same values of ra-ContentionResolutionTimer in RACH-ConfigCommon respectively.

In another method, the ServingCellConfigCommon of SIB1 includes the first downlink IBWP configuration information, the first uplink IBWP configuration information, the second downlink IBWP configuration information, the second uplink IBWP configuration information, and tdd-UL-DL-ConfigurationCommon. The first downlink IBWP configuration information and the first uplink IBWP configuration information are information for a terminal with general capability, and the second downlink IBWP configuration information and the second uplink IBWP configuration information are information for a RedCap UE. tdd-UL-DL-ConfigurationCommon is information that is commonly applied to a UE with general capability and a RedCap UE.

The first uplink IBWP configuration information includes pucch-ConfigCommon and timeAlignmentTimerCommon. The second uplink IBWP configuration information may include pucch-ConfigCommon_RedCap. The pucch-ConfigCommon may include a first pucch-ResourceCommon and a first p0-norminal. The pucch-ConfigCommon_RedCap may include a second pucch-ResourceCommon and a second p0-norminal. pucch-ConfigCommon is information for a normal UE. pucch-ConfigCommon_RedCap is information for RedCap UE. timeAlignmentTimerCommon is information commonly applied to normal UE and RedCap UE.

The RedCap UE transmits the preamble and initiates timeAlignmentTimerCommon upon reception of the RAR. Upon receiving Msg 4, the UE transmits a HARQ ACK by applying a predetermined pucch-ResourceCommon and a predetermined p0-normal.

If both the second pucch-ResourceCommon and the first pucch-ResourceCommon exist, the time/frequency/code resource for transmitting the HARQ ACK is determined by applying the second pucch-ResourceCommon. If only the first pucch-ResourceCommon exists, the time/frequency/code resource for transmitting the HARQ ACK is determined by applying the first pucch-ResourceCommon.

When both the second p0-norminal and the first p0-norminal exist, the second p0-norminal is applied to determine a power offset to be applied to the HARQ ACK. If only the first p0-norminal exists, the power offset to be applied to the HARQ ACK is determined by applying the first p0-norminal. If neither the second p0-norminal nor the p0-norminal exist, a power offset to be applied to the HARQ ACK is determined by applying a predetermined value. The predetermined value may be, for example, 2 dBm.

In step 3A-17, the RedCap UE determines whether the current cell is a barred cell or an allowed cell, in consideration of MIB and SIB1.

Regarding cell barring, the RedCap UE determines that the current cell is not barred if all of the following conditions are satisfied. The conditions below are defined so that the RedCap UE camps on the cell only when it can operate properly in the cell.

<Cell Allowance Conditions>

• • 0: The received MIB's cellBarred is set to notBarred.
  • 1: IFRI_SIB1 exists (or is included) in the received SIB1. This is because the absence of IFRI_SIB1 means that the corresponding cell does not consider the operation of the RedCap UE, and the presence of IFRI_SIB1 means that the corresponding cell is a cell that considers the operation of the RedCap UE.
  • 2: If the current cell is TDD cell, the UE supports one or more of the frequency bands indicated in the frequencyBandList for downlink in the received SIB1 for TDD, or one or more of the frequency bands indicated in the frequencyBandList for uplink in the received SIB1 for FDD, and they are not downlink only bands, and
  • 3: The UE supports an uplink channel bandwidth with a maximum transmission bandwidth configuration fulfilling following conditions: It is smaller than or equal to the uplink carrierBandwidth indicated in SIB1 and it is wider than or equal to the bandwidth of the initial uplink BWP
  • 4: the UE supports a downlink channel bandwidth with a maximum transmission bandwidth configuration fulfilling following conditions: It is smaller than or equal to the downlink carrierBandwidth indicated in SIB1 it is wider than or equal to the bandwidth of the initial downlink BWP
  • 5: trackingAreaCode is provided in SIB1 for the selected PLMN or the registered PLMN or PLMN of the equivalent PLMN list

For example, if trackingAreaCode x is included in SIB1 and trackingAreaCode related to the registered PLMN of the terminal is also x, condition 5 is satisfied. The trackingAreaCode related to the PLMN is provided to the terminal by the AMF during the registration procedure with the terminal.

The RedCap UE, which determines that the current cell is not barred, performs the following operation.

<Operation of Terminal after Receiving SIB1 in Non-Prohibited Cell>

• • 1: Apply the configuration included in the servingCellConfigCommon. More specifically, the UE applies the TDD-UL-DL configuration to determine a downlink slot, an uplink slot, a downlink symbol, and an uplink symbol, and applies a PDSCH configuration selected from among a plurality of PDSCH-ConfigCommon to receive a PDSCH, and applies a PUSCH configuration selected from among a plurality of PUSCH-ConfigCommon to transmit a PUSCH.
  • 2: A specified PCCH configuration is applied. The specified PCCH configuration is no SDAP, no PDCP, and RLC TM. A paging message is received by applying the PCCH configuration.
  • 3: If a valid SIB is stored, the stored SIB is used, and if a valid SIB is not stored, a related system information message (SI message) is acquired

The UE also receives subsequent system information, for example, SIB2, SIB3, SIB4, etc. in the not barred cell. SIB2 includes parameters for intra-frequency cell reselection. SIB3 includes other parameters for intra-frequency cell reselection. SIB4 contains parameters for cell reselection between frequencies.

The RedCap UE regards the current serving cell as a barred cell in the cases listed in the table below and performs an appropriate operation according to the situation.

TABLE 6
Case	Situation	RedCap UE operation
1	MIB reception	The current cell is considered as a barred
	failure	cell. The current cell is excluded from
		cell selection/cell reselection candidates
		for 300 seconds.
		It is assumed that both IFRI_MIB and
		IFRISIBI are allowed. That is,
		neighboring cells of the corresponding
		frequency may be included in the cell
		selection/cell reselection candidates.
2	Successful	The current cell is considered as a barred
	reception	cell. Excludes the current cell from
	of MIB	candidates for cell selection/cell
	with cellBarred	reselection for 300 seconds. If the
	set to notBarred.	received IFRI_MIB is allowed,
	SIB1 reception	IFRI_SIB1 is considered as allowed, and
	failure	neighboring cells of the corresponding
		frequency may be included in the cell
		selection/cell reselection candidates.
		If the received IFRI_MIB is
		NotAllowed, IFRI_SIB1 is also
		considered as NotAllowed, and
		neighboring cells of the corresponding
		frequency are excluded from cell
		selection/cell reselection candidates.
3	Successful	The current cell is considered a barred
	reception	cell. Excludes the current cell from
	of MIB	candidates for cell selection/cell
	with cellBarred	reselection for 300 seconds. If the
	set to Barred.	received IFRI_MIB is allowed,
		IFRI_SIB1 is considered as allowed,
		and neighboring cells of the
		corresponding frequency may be
		included in the cell selection/cell
		reselection candidates. If the received
		IFRI_MIB is NotAllowed, IFRI_SIB1
		is also considered as NotAllowed, and
		neighboring cells of the corresponding
		frequency are excluded from the cell
		selection/cell reselection candidates.
		The general terminal does not receive
		SIB1. The RedCap UE may receive
		SIB1 instead of referring to
		IFRI_MIB, and may exclude or
		include neighboring cells of the
		corresponding frequency from cell
		selection/cell reselection candidates
		according to the received value of
		IFRI_SIB1.
4	Successful MIB	The current cell is considered as a
	reception with	barred cell. Excludes the current cell
	cellBarred set to	from candidates for cell selection/cell
	notBarred.	reselection for 300 seconds.
	SIB1 reception	Regardless of the value of the received
	without	IFRI_MIB, IFRI_SIB1 may be
	IFRI_SIB1	considered as NotAllowed and
		neighboring cells of the corresponding
		frequency may be excluded from cell
		selection/cell reselection candidates.
5	Successfully	The current cell is considered a barred
	received MIB	cell. Excludes the current cell from
	with cellBarred	candidates for cell selection/cell
	set to notBarred.	reselection for 300 seconds. According
	Received SIB1	to the received IFRI_SIB value,
	with IFRI_SIBI	neighboring cells of the corresponding
	The bandwidth	frequency are included or excluded
	supported by the	from the cell selection/cell reselection
	terminal is less	candidates.
	than the
	bandwidth of
	the IBWP
6	Successful	The current cell is considered a barred
	reception of MIB	cell. Excludes the current cell from
	with cellBarred	candidates for cell selection/cell
	set to notBarred.	reselection for 300 seconds. Regardless
	Received SIB1	of the received IFRI values, both
	with IFRI_SIBI	IFRI_MIB and IFRI_SIB1 are
	The bandwidth	considered as NotAllowed and
	supported by the	neighboring cells of the corresponding
	terminal is	frequency are excluded from cell
	greater than or	selection/cell reselection candidates.
	equal to the
	bandwidth of the
	IBWP There is no
	TrackingAreaCode
	matching the
	TrackingAreaCode
	received from
	SIB1.

The reason why the RedCap UE operates as described above is to prevent camp-on in a cell that does not support the RedCap function and to appropriately control whether or not to reselect cells for cells of the same frequency. If there is no IFRI to be referred to as in case 1, both IFRIs may be assumed to be a predetermined value and may be operated accordingly. Alternatively, if reception of IFRI_SIB1 fails as in case 2, IFRI_MIB may be referred to.

The RedCap UE may be given two IFRI parameters: IFRI_MIB and IFRI_SIB1. RedCap UE considers two parameters and determines whether to allow intra-frequency reselection as shown in the table below.

TABLE 7
		RedCap UE
IFRI_MIB	IFRI_SIB1	operation	Note
Reception	Reception	IFRI_SIB1 is
failure	failure	considered as
		Allowed
Allowed	Reception	IFRI_SIB1 is	IFRI_SIB1 considered as the
	failure	considered as	same value as IFRI_MIB
		Allowed
Allowed	Not	IFRI_SIB1 is	It is determined that RedCap
	Present	considered as	is not supported in the
		NotAllowed	corresponding frequency.
Allowed	Allowed	IFRI_SIB1 is	the received IFRI_SIB1 is
		considered as	applied as it is
		Allowed
Allowed	Not	IFRI_SIB1 is	the received IFRI_SIB1 is
	Allowed	considered as	applied as it is
		NotAllowed
Not	Reception	IFRI_SIB1 is	IFRI_SIB1 considered as the
Allowed	failure	considered as	same value as IFRI_MIB
		NotAllowed
Not	Not	IFRI_SIB1 is	It is determined that RedCap
Allowed	Present	considered as	is not supported in the
		NotAllowed	corresponding frequency.
Not		IFRI_SIB1 is	the received IFRI_SIB1 is
Allowed	Allowed	considered as	applied as it is
		Allowed
Not	Not	IFRI_SIB1 is	the received IFRI_SIB1 is
Allowed	Allowed	considered as	applied as it is
		NotAllowed

The RedCap UE applies the received IFRI_SIB1, if both IFRI_MIB and IFRI_SIB1 are received.

The RedCap UE considers that IFRI_SIB1 is Allowed If neither IFRI_MIB nor IFRI_SIB1 are received.

If the RedCap UE receives IFRI_MIB but does not receive IFRI_SIB1, it determines IFRI_SIB1 by distinguishing whether SIB1 reception has failed or IFRI_SIB1 is not included in SIB1. If the reception of SIB1 is unsuccessful, the UE considers that IFRI_SIB1 is the same as IFRI_MIB. If SIB1 is received but IFRI_SIB1 is not included, the UE considers that IFRI_SIB1 is a predetermined value (eg, notAllowed). This is because, since cells of the same frequency in the same region are highly likely to be configured identically, if IFRI_SIB1 is not provided in the current cell, it is highly likely that IFRI_SIB1 is not provided in other cells as well. Alternatively, If IFRI_SIB1 is preconfigured to be considered as Allowed when UE has received SIB1 from the base station but IFRI_SIB1 is not included, IFRI_SIB1 is considered as Allowed.

If MIB reception fails, IFRI_MIB cannot be received.

If IFRI_SIB1 is Allowed, the RedCap UE may select or reselect other cells of the same frequency as the barred cell if the cell reselection selection criteria are fulfilled

If IFRI_SIB1 is NotAllowed, for 300 seconds the RedCap UE does not select or reselect other cells of the same frequency as the barred cell, and excludes them from candidates for cell selection/reselection.

If IFRI_SIB1 is NotAllowed, the RedCap UE sets the cell reselection priority of the frequency of the barred cell for 300 seconds to the lowest priority. The RedCap UE performs cell reselection for frequencies other than the barred cell frequency. At this time, the RedCap UE performs cell reselection by applying the cell reselection priority indicated in the system information received from an NR cell other than the first NR cell.

A UE camped on a not barred cell and prepares to perform random access in order to perform a necessary procedure. The UE refers to the received ServingCellConfigCommon.

In steps 3A-21, the RedCap UE transmits a preamble to the base station.

If both prach-Configurationlndex_RedCap and prach-Configurationlndex are included in rach-ConfigCommon (or ServingCellConfigCommon), the RedCap UE applies prach-Configurationlndex_RedCap to determine a radio frame, subframe, slot, symbol and preamble format in which preamble transmission is possible. If only prach-Configurationlndex is included in rach-ConfigCommon (or in ServingCellConfigCommon), RedCap UE determines radio frame, subframe, slot, symbol and preamble format in which preamble transmission is possible by applying prach-Configurationlndex.

If both msg1-FrequencyStart_RedCap and msg1-FrequencyStart are included in rach-ConfigCommon (or ServingCellConfigCommon), the RedCap UE applies msg1-FrequencyStart_RedCap to determine a frequency region in which preamble transmission is possible. If only msg1-FrequencyStart is included in rach-ConfigCommon (or ServingCellConfigCommon), RedCap UE applies msg1-FrequencyStart to determine a frequency range in which preamble transmission is possible.

RedCap UE selects SSB by applying rsrp-ThresholdSSB_RedCap if both rsrp-ThresholdSSB_RedCap and rsrp-ThresholdSSB are included in rach-ConfigCommon (or in ServingCellConfigCommon). RedCap UE selects SSB by applying rsrp-ThresholdSSB if only rsrp-ThresholdSSB is included in rach-ConfigCommon (or ServingCellConfigCommon). The terminal selects an SSB having the highest received signal strength among SSBs having a received signal strength higher than the threshold value. The UE selects a preamble/PRACH transmission opportunity (Occasion) corresponding to the selected SSB and transmits the preamble.

After transmitting the preamble, the UE monitors whether a random access response message is received during the random access response window, and if not received, retransmits the preamble. As the maximum number of preamble retransmissions, the UE applies preambleTransMax_RedCap when both preambleTransMax_RedCap and preambleTransMax are included in ServingCellConfigCommon, and applies preambleTransMax when only preambleTransMax is included. The UE applies msg1-SubcarrierSpacing included in rach-ConfigCommon when transmitting the preamble.

One ServingCellConfigCommon may include two prach-Configurationlndex, two msg1-FrequencyStart, two rsrp-ThresholdSSB, two preambleTransMax and one msg1-SubcarrierSpacing for Msg1 transmission. One of the two prach-Configurationlndex, one of the two msg1-FrequencyStart, one of the two rsrp-ThresholdSSB, and one of the two preambleTransMax apply only to RedCap UEs, and msg1-SubcarrierSpacing is applied to both RedCap UEs and non-RedCap UEs. Msg 1 is the preamble.

In steps 3A-23, a random access response message is received from the base station. The random access response message includes information such as an uplink grant for Msg 3 transmission, a time domain allocation indicator, and a temporary identifier of the terminal.

The random access response message is addressed by the RA-RNTI. The terminal receives a random access response message by monitoring a predetermined SS in a predetermined CORESET in the random access window time period.

If ServingCellConfigCommon includes controlResourceSetZero, searchSpaceZero, ra-SearchSpace, controlResourceSetZero_RedCap, searchSpaceZero_RedCap, and ra-SearchSpace_RedCap and If ra-SearchSpace_RedCap indicates 0, RedCap UE applies 3rd CORESET #0 and 3rd SS #0 to RA-Monitor the RNTI and receive a random access response message.

If only controlResourceSetZero, searchSpaceZero, and ra-SearchSpace are included in servingCellConfigCommon and If ra-SearchSpace indicates 0, the RedCap UE applies the 2nd CORESET #0 and the 2nd SS #0 to monitor the RA-RNTI and receive a random access response message.

If controlResourceSetZero, searchSpaceZero, ra-SearchSpace, controlResourceSetZero_RedCap, searchSpaceZero_RedCap, and ra-SearchSpace_RedCap are all included in servingCellConfigCommon and if ra-SearchSpace_RedCap indicates a value other than 0, the RedCap UE applies the SS having the indicated identifier and the CORESET associated with the SS to monitor RA-RNTI and receive a random access response message.

If only controlResourceSetZero, searchSpaceZero and ra-SearchSpace are included in servingCellConfigCommon and if ra-SearchSpace indicates a value other than 0, the RedCap UE applies the SS having the indicated identifier and the CORESET associated with the SS to monitor RA-RNTI and receive a random access response message.

If both ra-ResponseWindow and ra-ResponseWindow_RedCap are included in ServingCellConfigCommon, the RedCap UE determines the length of the random access response window by applying ra-ResponseWindow_RedCap.

If only ra-ResponseWindow is included in ServingCellConfigCommon, RedCap UE determines the length of the random access response window by applying ra-ResponseWindow.

Upon receiving the random access response, the RedCap UE starts tlmeAlignmentTimer and generates a MAC PDU to transmit Msg 3 to the base station. The MAC PDU includes an uplink RRC control message such as RRCRequest.

In step 3A-25, the RedCap UE transmits Msg 3 to the base station and starts the contention resolution timer. If servingCellConfigCommon contains both ra-ConttentionResolutionTimer and ra-ContentionResolutionTimer_RedCap, the RedCap UE sets the contention resolution timer to ra-ContentionResolutionTimer_RedCap. If servingCellConfigCommon contains only ra-ConttentionResolutionTimer, RedCap UE sets contention resolution timer to ContentionResolutionTimer.

Msg 3 transmission time is determined by the time domain allocation indicator of the random access response message. The RedCap UE determines the start time and transmission duration of the PUSCH to which Msg 3 is to be transmitted according to the PUSCH time domain allocation entry, indicated by a time domain allocation indicator, of a specific list from among a pusch-TimeDomainAllocationList, a second pusch-TimeDomainAllocationList and a default list.

In steps 3A-27, the RedCap UE receives Msg 4 from the base station. Msg 4 includes a downlink RRC control message such as RRCSetup.

The RedCap UE determines a transmission resource for transmitting the HARQ ACK for Msg 4 by selecting one of the first PUCCH common resource information (pucch-ResourceCommon) and the second PUCCH common resource information (pucch-ResourceCommon).

The RedCap UE determines the nominal power offset to be applied to HARQ ACK transmission for Msg 4 by selecting one of a nominal power offset (p0-normal) included in the first PUCCH common configuration information (pucch-ConfigCommon) and a nominal power offset (p0-norminal) included in the second PUCCH common configuration information (pucch-ConfigCommon) and a nominal power offset fixed to a predetermined value.

The RedCap UE and the base station that have transmitted and received the RRCRequest message and the RRCSetup message establish an RRC connection.

The base station and the AMF may transmit/receive various NAS messages and control messages to the UE for which the RRC connection is configured in steps 3A-31.

The RedCap UE and the base station can exchange configuration information and the like through RRC connection, configure a bearer, and then transmit/receive data.

In ServingCellConfigCommon of SIB1, PDCCH-ConfigCommon2 is located behind PDCCH-ConfigCommon. In ServingCellConfigCommon of SIB1, PUCCH-ConfigCommon2 is located behind PUCCH-ConfigCommon. In ServingCellConfigCommon of SIB1, RACH-ConfigCommon2 is located behind RACH-ConfigCommon.

In ServingCellConfigCommon of SIB1, the second downlink IBWP configuration information is located behind the first downlink IBWP configuration information. In ServingCellConfigCommon of SIB1, the second uplink IBWP configuration information is located behind the first uplink IBWP configuration information. In ServingCellConfigCommon of SIB1, controlResourceSetZero_RedCap is located behind controlResourceSetZero. In ServingCellConfigCommon of SIB1, searchSpaceZero_RedCap is located behind searchSpaceZero. In ServingCellConfigCommon of SIB1, ra-SearchSpace_RedCap is located behind ra-SearchSpace. The order of various pieces of information is defined as described above in order to maintain backward compatibility with a terminal or a base station of a previous release.

FIG. 4A is a diagram illustrating an operation of a terminal.

In step 4A-01, the reduced capability terminal receives in the first NR cell a master information block including a first IE indicating whether or not the cell is barred, a first IFRI for controlling intra-frequency cell reselection and a second IE corresponding to time/frequency where system information block 1 is scheduled.

In step 4A-03, the reduced capability terminal receives the system information block 1 using the second information element.

In step 4A-05, the reduced capability terminal determines whether the first NR cell is a barred cell using the first IE and the second IFRI IE.

In step 4A-07, the reduced capability terminal applies the above determination to perform cell selection or cell reselection.

The reduced capability terminal determines that the first NR cell is not a barred cell if the first IE indicates that the first NR cell is not barred and the second IFRI IE is included in SIB1.

If the first IE indicates that the cell is not barred and the second IFRI IE is not included in SIB1, the reduced capability terminal determines that the first NR cell is a barred cell, excludes the first cell from the candidates for cell selection and reselection for 300 seconds, determines the second IFRI is set to NotAllowed and exclude the second NR cell of the same frequency as the first NR cell from the candidates for cell selection/reselection.

In order to ensure backward compatibility with the previous release base station or terminal, the first IFRI IE is defined as a mandatory existence indicating one of Allowed and notAllowed, and the second IFRI IE is defined as an optional existence indicating one of Allowed and notAllowed.

FIG. 4B is a diagram illustrating an operation of a base station.

In step 4B-01, the base station transmits an MIB including a first IE indicating whether or not the cell is barred, a first IFRI for controlling intra-frequency cell reselection and a second IE corresponding to time/frequency where system information block 1 is scheduled.

In step 4B-03, the base station transmits the SIB1 according to the second IE. The base station prohibits the access of the general capability terminal and the reduced capability terminal to the first NR cell by transmitting the MIB in which the first IE is set to barred in the first NR cell.

The base station prohibits the access of the reduced capability terminal by transmitting SIB1 that does not include the second IFRI IE in the first NR cell.

The base station allows access of the reduced capability terminal by transmitting the system information block 1 including the second IFRI IE in the first NR cell.

FIG. 5A is a block diagram illustrating the internal structure of a UE to which the disclosure is applied.

Referring to the diagram, the UE includes a controller 5A-01, a storage unit 5A-02, a transceiver 5A-03, a main processor 5A-04 and I/O unit 5A-05.

The controller 5A-01 controls the overall operations of the UE in terms of mobile communication. For example, the controller 5A-01 receives/transmits signals through the transceiver 5A-03. In addition, the controller 5A-01 writes and reads data in the storage unit 5A-02. To this end, the controller 5A-01 includes at least one processor. For example, the controller 5A-01 may include a communication processor (CP) that performs control for communication and an application processor (AP) that controls the upper layer, such as an application program. The controller controls storage unit and transceiver such that UE operations illustrated in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4A are performed.

The storage unit 5A-02 stores data for operation of the UE, such as a basic program, an application program, and configuration information. The storage unit 5A-02 provides stored data at a request of the controller 5A-01.

The transceiver 5A-03 consists of a RF processor, a baseband processor and plurality of antennas. The RF processor performs functions for transmitting/receiving signals through a wireless channel, such as signal band conversion, amplification, and the like. Specifically, the RF processor up—converts a baseband signal provided from the baseband processor into an RF band signal, transmits the same through an antenna, and down-converts an RF band signal received through the antenna into a baseband signal. The RF processor may include a transmission filter, a reception filter, an amplifier, a mixer, an oscillator, a digital-to-analog converter (DAC), an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), and the like. The RF processor may perform MIMO and may receive multiple layers when performing the MIMO operation. The baseband processor performs a function of conversion between a baseband signal and a bit string according to the physical layer specification of the system. For example, during data transmission, the baseband processor encodes and modulates a transmission bit string, thereby generating complex symbols. In addition, during data reception, the baseband processor demodulates and decodes a baseband signal provided from the RF processor, thereby restoring a reception bit string.

The main processor 5A-04 controls the overall operations other than mobile operation. The main processor 5A-04 process user input received from I/O unit 5A-05, stores data in the storage unit 5A-02, controls the controller 5A-01 for required mobile communication operations and forward user data to I/O unit (9O5).

I/O unit 5A-05 consists of equipment for inputting user data and for outputting user data such as a microphone and a screen. I/O unit 5A-05 performs inputting and outputting user data based on the main processor's instruction.

FIG. 5B is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of a base station according to the disclosure.

As illustrated in the diagram, the base station includes a controller 5B-01, a storage unit 5B-02, a transceiver 5B-03 and a backhaul interface unit 5B-04.

The controller 5B-01 controls the overall operations of the main base station. For example, the controller 5B-01 receives/transmits signals through the transceiver 5B-03, or through the backhaul interface unit 5B-04. In addition, the controller 5B-01 records and reads data in the storage unit 5B-02. To this end, the controller 5B-01 may include at least one processor. The controller controls transceiver, storage unit and backhaul interface such that base station operation illustrated in FIG. 3 are performed.

The storage unit 5B-02 stores data for operation of the main base station, such as a basic program, an application program, and configuration information. Particularly, the storage unit 5B-02 may store information regarding a bearer allocated to an accessed UE, a measurement result reported from the accessed UE, and the like. In addition, the storage unit 5B-02 may store information serving as a criterion to deter mine whether to provide the UE with multi-connection or to discontinue the same. In addition, the storage unit (5B-02) provides stored data at a request of the controller 5B-01.

The transceiver 5B-03 consists of a RF processor, a baseband processor and plurality of antennas. The RF processor performs functions for transmitting/receiving signals through a wireless channel, such as signal band conversion, amplification, and the like. Specifically, the RF processor up—converts a baseband signal provided from the baseband processor into an RF band signal, transmits the same through an antenna, and down-converts an RF band signal received through the antenna into a baseband signal. The RF processor may include a transmission filter, a reception filter, an amplifier, a mixer, an oscillator, a DAC, an ADC, and the like. The RF processor may perform a down link MIMO operation by transmitting at least one layer. The baseband processor performs a function of conversion between a baseband signal and a bit string according to the physical layer specification of the first radio access technology. For example, during data transmission, the baseband processor encodes and modulates a transmission bit string, thereby generating complex symbols. In addition, during data reception, the baseband processor demodulates and decodes a baseband signal provided from the RF processor, thereby restoring a reception bit string.

The backhaul interface unit 5B-04 provides an interface for communicating with other nodes inside the network. The backhaul interface unit 5B-04 converts a bit string transmitted from the base station to another node, for example, another base station or a core network, into a physical signal, and converts a physical signal received from the other node into a bit string.

Claims (10)

What is claimed is:

1. A method performed by a terminal, the method comprising:

receiving by the terminal in a cell a system information, wherein the system information comprises a set of random access parameters, wherein the set of random access parameters comprises at least a first set of preamble parameters or a second set of preamble parameters;

selecting by the terminal a preamble; and

performing by the terminal transmission of the preamble based on:

a parameter related to preamble subcarrier spacing; and

a parameter related to preamble selection threshold,

wherein performing transmission of the preamble comprises:

applying the parameter related to preamble subcarrier spacing in the first set of preamble parameters and the parameter related to preamble selection threshold in the second set of preamble parameters to transmission of the preamble in case that the set of random access parameters comprises the second set of preamble parameters; and

applying the parameter related to preamble subcarrier spacing in the first set of preamble parameters and the parameter related to preamble selection threshold in the first set of preamble parameters to transmission of the preamble in case that the set of random access parameters does not comprise the second set of preamble parameters.

2. The method of claim 1,

wherein the first set of preamble parameters comprises:

the parameter related to preamble subcarrier spacing; and

the parameter related to preamble selection threshold.

3. The method of claim 1,

wherein the terminal determines subcarrier spacing for preamble based on the parameter related to preamble subcarrier spacing.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein selecting the preamble comprises:

selecting the preamble based on:

the parameter related to preamble selection threshold in the second set of preamble parameters; and

a synchronization signal block (SSB) that is determined based on the parameter related to preamble selection threshold in the second set of preamble parameters in case that the second set of preamble parameters is comprised in the set of random access parameters; and

selecting the preamble based on:

the parameter related to preamble selection threshold in the first set of preamble parameters; and

the SSB that is determined based on the parameter related to preamble selection threshold in the first set of preamble parameters in case that the second set of preamble parameters is not comprised in the set of random access parameters.

5. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising:

receiving by the terminal a random access response based on the preamble;

transmitting by the terminal a message 3 based on the random access response;

receiving by the terminal a message 4 based on the message 3; and

transmitting a positive acknowledgement for the message 4.

6. The method of claim 5,

wherein the set of random access parameters further comprises:

a first parameter related to random access response window and a second parameter related to random access response window; or

the first parameter related to random access response window.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein receiving the random access response comprises:

receiving the random access response based on the second parameter related to random access response window in case that the set of random access parameters comprises the second parameter related to random access response window; and

receiving the random access response based on the first parameter related to random access response window in case that the set of random access parameters does not comprise the second parameter related to random access response window.

8. The method of claim 2,

wherein the first set of preamble parameters further comprises a parameter indicating configuration index.

9. The method of claim 8,

wherein the terminal determines preamble format based on the parameter indicating configuration index in the first set of preamble parameters in case that the set of random access parameters does not comprise the second set of preamble parameters.

10. A terminal in a wireless communication system, the terminal comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a signal; and

a controller configured to control the transceiver to:

receive in a cell a system information, wherein the system information comprises a set of random access parameters, wherein the set of random access parameters comprises at least a first set of preamble parameters:

select a preamble; and

perform transmission of the preamble based on:

a parameter related to preamble subcarrier spacing; and

a parameter related to preamble selection threshold,

wherein performing transmission of the preamble comprises:

applying the parameter related to preamble subcarrier spacing in the first set of preamble parameters and the parameter related to preamble selection threshold in the second set of preamble parameters to transmission of the preamble in case that the set of random access parameters comprises the second set of preamble parameters; and

applying the parameter related to preamble subcarrier spacing in the first set of preamble parameters and the parameter related to preamble selection threshold in the first set of preamble parameters to transmission of the preamble in case that the set of random access parameters does not comprise the second set of preamble parameters.

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